m6gd.16xlarge vs m5ad.16xlarge

Instance Typem6gd.16xlargem5ad.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6gd.12xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6gd.large, m6gd.medium, m6gd.metal, m6gd.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge
Variantsm6a.16xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.16xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6gd.16xlarge
m5ad.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.9328n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.93282.1470
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.89283.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.22564.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.35364.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.36964.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.37925.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.3792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.3869n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.5456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.5482n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.89283.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.5584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.6608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.6608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.7376n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.8304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.03743.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.8368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)4.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.07203.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.07333.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.07333.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.22564.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.22564.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.22564.1280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.2960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.89283.2960
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